Thesaurus:milksop
English
Noun
Sense: a weak, timid and unassertive person
Synonyms
Note: Usually derogatory.
- big girl's blouse (UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand)
- candy-arse (UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand)
- candy-ass (slang, US & Canada)
- milksop
- milquetoast
- namby
- namby-pamby
- nestle-cock (UK dialect)
- pansy
- pantywaist
- poon
- pushover
- pussy (vulgar, slang, chiefly US & Canada)
- sissy
- softy
- tenderling (archaic)
- weakling (figuratively)
- weenie (slang)
- wimp (slang)
- wuss (slang)
- wussy
Antonyms
- daredevil
- dogmatist
- firebrand
- hypermasculine man [⇒ thesaurus]
- shrew [⇒ thesaurus]
- spitfire
- troublemaker [⇒ thesaurus]
Holonyms
Various
- mama's boy (derogatory)
- mollycoddle
See also
Further reading
- “160. weakness” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
- “862. cowardice” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
- “milksop” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.